The Old Dog, New Tricks?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ryotaro is a cheerful professional soccer player devoted to the game he loves. He has risen to national team member, and come through with decisive goals when it counts… until injury begins to plague him. Facing retirement at 37, he realizes it is a little late for him to enter normal working society. Enter a sports management company called "Victory" which offers him a new lease on life. Yet somewhere in his heart, Ryotaro has not quite accepted his retirement, and he will need to reconcile with new challenges as an old rookie.

Series details

• Title: The Old Dog, New Tricks?
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Premiere date: 2022-06-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-09-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 77999
• TVDB ID: 421570

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-06-26; final listed air date 2022-09-04.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Old Dog, New Tricks? on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.